Words for Salman Rushdie

From "Words for Salman Rushdie," NYTBR, March 12, 1989, p. 29

"Our thanks to you and to Marianne Wiggins for recalling those of us who
write to our duty as heretics, for reminding us again that power is as much
our sworn enemy as unreason, for making us all look braver, wiser, more
useful than we often think we are. We pray for your continuing good health,
safety and lightness of spirit."